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Philippine Insurrection
-An armed conflict between the United States & Filipino revolutionaries.
-US is using force against the Philippines. -
Hay-Buanau-Varilla Treaty
-This treaty established the panama canal.
-US is using political and economic influence and power to get back a favor. -
Roosevelt Corollary
-Says that the U.S. will interfere in situations between european countries and Latin American places to conquer legitimate claims of the european power.
-US is thrating the europeans to act right. -
US occupation of the Dominican Republic
-The US assumed administration of the Dominican Republic’s customs. Under the terms of an agreement, a Receiver-General, appointed by the U.S. President, kept 55% of total revenues to pay off foreign claimants, while remitting 45% to the Dominican government.
-US had more power over the dominican republic and can take anything. -
Cuban intervention
-Took over cuban by the spanish and for the Platt Amendment
-To maintain power in cuba -
The Great White Fleet
-The US completed a curcumnavigation of the globe by order of U.S President Theodore Roosevelt.
-Showing the people their power and what they have. -
Panama Canal
-The US continued to control the canal surrounding Panama Canal Zone until the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties provided for handover to Panama. Took a lot of years to build the Panama.
-We allow them to work on the canal and not take over.
